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The Affair – Out Now

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My new book The Affair is now available to buy in hardback and as an ebook from Amazon.

This is a true story. This is the story of a relationship, and an account of things and events that happened, which should never have happened. This is the story of two people whose bond was doomed from the start.
This is the story of two people who were meant to meet and to fall in love with one another, but whose affair with one another would leave a lasting scar for one of them more than the other.

The story of The Affair is a cautionary tale of love, seduction, secrecy, betrayal, heartbreak, and the pitfalls of a relationship between two people who allowed their obsession with one another to grow into becoming something uncontrollable and ultimately destructive.

You can get your copy of The Affair on Amazon in hardback and as ebook: here!

Listen to me reading Chapter One – “The Spark” on Spotify:

https://spotify.link/WvZDqBXdUXb

Morning Walk – 4/7/2025

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Enjoy just over 4 minutes of my morning walk this morning through the gorgeous, stunning, beautiful, serene, and inspiring natural surroundings of my home village.

The Pathfinder: Multitude

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In this episode, Mark recites his poem “Multitude” from his 2024 poetry collection ‘The Pathfinder’ – which is now available to buy in paperback and as an ebook from Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/aXnSwxa and you can check out more of Mark’s poems at http://MarkThePoet.Me

Mark The Poet in Mallorca

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A video I recorded while taking a morning walk while on holiday on the island of Mallorca.

The Pathfinder: Ultimate Fate

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In this episode, Mark recites his poem “Ultimate Fate” from his 2024 poetry collection ‘The Pathfinder’ – which is now available to buy in paperback and as an ebook from Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/aXnSwxa and you can check out more of Mark’s poems at http://MarkThePoet.Me

The Pathfinder: Love/Life

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In this episode, Mark recites his poem “Love/Life” from his 2024 poetry collection ‘The Pathfinder’ – which is now available to buy in paperback and as an ebook from Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/aXnSwxa and you can check out more of Mark’s poems at http://MarkThePoet.Me

The Pathfinder: Everything to Me

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In this episode, Mark recites his poem “Everything to Me” from his 2024 poetry collection ‘The Pathfinder’ – which is now available to buy in paperback and as an ebook from Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/aXnSwxa and you can check out more of Mark’s poems at http://MarkThePoet.Me

My New Book ‘The Pathfinder’ – Out Now!

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Life is never a straight path.
Everybody sometimes finds themselves at a crossroads of space and time. Everything and everyone is connected. When life can sometimes feel impossible to understand and hard to navigate, everybody needs to seek out a Pathfinder of poetry
who can help to show them the way.

Hi, everyone!

I am very happy to announce that my new poetry collection, The Pathfinder, is now available to order in paperback from Amazon.

The Pathfinder is a book about beginnings, endings, new beginnings – in essence: life… the poetry of life.

The Pathfinder is my poetic and personal journey of discovery over the last year – but within there are verses and poems from my past that I had forgotten about, which still speak to the poetic truth within me, and within all of us throughout our lives.

Get your copy of the paperback version of The Pathfinder from Amazon now, and look out for the ebook and audiobook versions coming soon.

Enjoy! 😊

-Mark

Happy World Mental Health Day 2023!

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In this episode, Mark celebrates World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day (10 Oct) is a day to talk about mental health and show everyone that mental health matters. It’s also a day to let people know that it’s okay to ask for help, no matter what you’re going through. Mark talks about some of the personal experiences he has had during his life when his mental health suffered the most. For more information about World Mental Health Day, please check out: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/world-mental-health-day

My Poem “Love/Life”

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Love is a roller-coaster ride
of ups and downs...
Love is an adventure
of heights and depths...
Love is a storm of emotions...
Love is a sacrifice, a leap,
a promise, a bond, a mutual connection
and a commitment to journey
somewhere with someone,
or with something,
that cannot be understood,
nor undertaken, alone.

Love is a beginning,
Love can be an end...
Love can be the making,
Love can be the breaking...
Love is what happens
when you choose to take a step
into the unknown with someone
who you feel something for you
beyond the limits of just being friends...
Love is about giving, receiving,
caring, listening, learning,
appreciating and not taking
for granted what you see,
hear, and feel changing, evolving,
and perennially blossoming.

Love can be tested...
Love can be lost...
Love can be mended...
Love can be harder to define
and to put into words than anything,
because Love is something
that seems so simple
from the outside looking in
but which, in reality, is more complex
than the answer to the meaning of life.